PADI RTO First Aid Student Manual

HLTAID008 MANAGE FIRST AID SERVICES AND RESOURCES Employers (PCBUs) have legal responsibilities for ensuring adequate first aid provisions for workers. In addition, Regulation 43 requires them to prepare, maintain and implement an emergency plan and emergency procedures so that there can be an effective communication between persons who will be required to deal with an emergency. This will include evacuation procedures, notification of emergency service organisations, arrangement for medical treatment and assistance and effective communication between persons who will be required to deal with any emergency. Division 3 – FIRST AID Tooma, Michael, Tooma’s Annotated Work Health and Safety Act 2011, Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Limited, 2012, Pyrmont, Sydney, p268, 269 42 Duty to provide first aid (1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure: (a) The provision of first aid equipment for the workplace, and (b) That each worker at the workplace has access to the equipment, and (c) Access to facilities for the administration of first aid Maximum penalty: (a) In the case of an individual - $6,000, 0r (b) In the case of a body corporate - $30,000 (2) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that: (a) An adequate number of workers are trained to administer first aid at the workplace, or (b) Workers have access to an adequate number of other persons who have been trained to administer first aid Maximum Penalty: (a) In the case of an individual - $6,000, 0r (b) In the case of a body corporate - $30,000 (3) For the purposes of this clause, the person conducting the business or undertaking must have regard to all relevant matters, including the following: (a) The nature of the work being carried out at the workplace, (b) The nature of the hazards at the workplace, (c) The size and location of the workplace, (d) The number and composition of workers and other persons at work place It is recommended that access to first aid personnel is available wherever there are more than 25 persons at a workplace, regardless of whether or not those persons are workers (e.g. schools). Identify workplace hazards and assess associated risks as a basis for determining first aid resource requirements WHS Regulation 2012 sets out the minimum standards for first aid; however no two workplaces are exactly the same. The factors that will determine your best first aid plan depend upon the industry you operate in and the specific activities in your workplace. The method you must use to look at your situation has three basic steps:

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